Football is a global sport played in 211 member countries or nations governed by member associations or national sports federations.
These member associations are governed by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (or FIFA). FIFA internationally governs Fútsal, Beach Soccer, and eFootball as well other than Football.
Football is popular among masses across the world. The FIFA World Cup has more viewers than even the Olympic Games.
The sport, football, has over 270 million players, coaches, referees and other participants around the world, as seen on the FIFA website.